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Sand Tailed Digger Wasp

Cerceris arenaria

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 448, February 331, March 518, April 815, May 1,175, June 1,281, July 1,371, August 1,179, September 866, October 646, November 353, December 276.
United States9,258
Alaska9,258
Germany65
Netherlands22
Poland18
United Kingdom12
England12
Niedersachsen11
Gelderland11
Masovian Voivodeship11

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilySquare-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies · Crabronidae
GenusTypical Weevil Wasps and Allies · Cerceris

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